Sasol Integrated Report 2024 - Book - Page 90
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
ESG
REMUNERATION REPORT
DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
ENVIRONMENT continued
WATER
OUR COMMITMENT
OUR GROUP APPROACH
We are committed to the responsible use of natural
resources and preventing pollution and degradation
by exercising our duty of care in respect of
quality of water. We are highly dependent
on water for our processes and consider
it a precious resource.
HIGHLIGHTS
Active monitoring of progress against short-term
water targets.
Achieved an A- rating for our CDP Water disclosure
score in 2023.
We are a signatory to the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate and have adopted its Water Stewardship
Framework in responding to water risks. Water supply and management is critically important to our operations,
especially in water-stressed areas where our South African operations are located. We continuously measure,
monitor and report water use-related data to keep track of risks to our water security.
In improving our water use efficiency and pollution prevention initiatives, we partner with host governments
and others to resolve water-related challenges in the catchments within which we operate.
PERFORMANCE
Our Carbon Disclosure Performance (CDP)
Water Score
Since 2010, Sasol has been voluntarily reporting to the CDP
Water disclosure initiative. We are scored in the Chemical sector.
In 2023, we received an A-, which is in the Leadership band.
This is higher than the Africa regional average of C, and also the
Chemicals sector average of C. Sasol’s improvement from a score
of B in 2022 is indicative of the significant work done in the year.
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For more detail on our CDP submission refer to our website www.sasol.com
Licence applications
Maintaining compliance with water use authorisations
• On 14 November 2023, Secunda Operations (SO) received a
new water use licence (WUL), which is valid for seven years.
• Work to strengthen the dam wall for process water dam 10A
at SO is nearing completion.
• The Groot Bossiespruit Wetland Reinstatement Project is
progressing well.
• Sasol Mining’s Syferfontein colliery received two WUL
approvals for our existing business on 7 March and 3 April 2024.
We await the outcome of three additional WUL applications for
other Sasol Mining operations.
For more detail refer to the environmental compliance section pages 91 – 92.
• For Sasolburg Ekandustria Operations’ (SEO) Sasolburg site,
we obtained a WUL amendment that allows for higher discharge
volumes, required to accommodate conditions in seasons when
the rainfall is heavier than normal.
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• At SEOs Ekandustria site, we require a WUL amendment to abstract
groundwater to supplement potable water needs as well as section
21 (c) and (i) authorisation to expand the facility’s storage capacity.
Planned activities include construction within 500m of a wetland
and a stream crossing to the planned new shooting bay.
Water use million
cubic metres
2024
2023
River water use
Potable water use
Desalinated water
Other water use
105,4
8,9
3,2
11,1
87,8
Total water use
128,6
114,1
Increase
Decrease
11,3
3,6
11,4
No change
The increase in total water used for FY24 compared to FY23 can
be largely attributed to increased steam demand and operational
instability at SO. Potable water use at SO decreased as a result
of significant interruption to the potable water supply and using
raw water as alternative supply where possible.
River water availability
Enabling sustainable supply of water from the Integrated
Vaal River System (IVRS)
• Even though storage levels in the IVRS dropped over the last year,
it still met demand from users, including Sasol.
• The system’s lower volume is not expected to translate into a
water supply risk in the short term, however, in the medium to
longer term risks persist. The biggest water supply risk faced by
Sasol operations relates to the poor integrity of the water supply
